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Jaimee
Wriston Colbert
(M.A. Creative Writing, Brown University)
Associate Professor, English Department
tel.: (607) 777-6124
fax.: (607) 777-2408
e-mail:
jcolbert@binghamton.edu
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State University of New York • Binghamton University, Binghamton,
NY 13902-6000 |
Areas of Interest
- Creative Writing – Fiction: novels and short stories
- Contemporary and Modern Literature
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Current Projects
- Newly Completed Novel: Shark Girls – incorporates Hawaiian mythology and an historical shark attack, 1950’s, Oahu.
- Previous novel, under publication consideration: An Inordinate Love.
- Researching Hawaiian familial, political, and cultural ties during the twentieth century for a non fiction/fiction book project
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Books and Recent Articles
- “We Were Sharks” forthcoming in the anthology:
I Was Indian, Curbstone Press
- Dream Lives of Butterflies – A Stories Cycle,
forthcoming in 2007. Bkmk Press of the University of Missouri
- Kansas City.
- Climbing The God Tree - novel, Helicon Nine Editions, 1998. (Winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize)
- Sex, Salvation, And The Automobile - short story collection, Zephyr, 1994. (Winner of the Zephyr Publishing Prize)
- "Waking Up in Sacred Places" -- story, forthcoming in Peculiar Pilgrims – Anthology, Hourglass Press, fall 2006.
- “Heather’s Hair “ -- story reprint, Tiferet, 2006.
- “Just Watching for Jesus” – story, Green Mountains Review, 2006. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize.)
- Shark Girls novel excerpt – Harpur Palate, vol.5.2, 2006.
- “Dream Lives of Butterflies” – title collection story, Louisiana Literature, 2005.
- “The Manager’s Son” – story, Prairie Schooner, Fall, 2005.
- “Fly Me To The Moon” – story, Natural Bridge, Vol. 10, 2004.
- “And Another Thing” – story, Connecticut Review, Vol. XXVI, 2004.
- "Sharks in Paradise" - paper, Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, 2004.
- “Sweet Breath” – story reprint; Sundress Publications: Stirring…, 2003.
- “Song For The Prairie” – story, Natural Bridge, Vol. 8, 2002.
- “Haole Girl Blue” – story, F. Magazine, Vol. 5, 2002.
- “Haole Girl Blue” – reprint, Harpur Palate, Vol. 2, 2002.
- “Bug Dreaming” – story, Incliner Tenth Anniversary Volume, 2002.
- “ If Lucy Ran” – story, Long Shot, Anniversary Issue, Vol. 25, 2001.
- Journal and Anthology Publications before 2001 include: TriQuarterly,
- New Letters, Snake Nation Review, Tampa Review, Pacific Coast Journal,
- Chaminade Literary Review, Potato Eyes, Live Poets Anthology,
- Ohio Short Fiction (Anthology) and others.
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Recent Courses Taught
- English 641, Graduate Fiction Workshop
- CW 450, Advanced Fiction Workshop
- CW 350, Craft and Technique in Fiction
- CW 380, Eng 450, A Room of One's Own - Place in Fiction.
- CW 380, Eng 450, Loving the Unlovable - A Character Study.
- CW 380, Eng 450, Writing the Wild - A Study in Technique and Style.
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Awards
- “Distinguished Visiting Writer” – University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1999.
- Wesleyan Writers Conference, the Fiction Fellowship, 1999
- Willa Cather Fiction Prize – national/international competition, 1997
- Zephyr Prize – national competition, 1994
- Delogue Award – “Outstanding Woman Fiction Writer,” 1994
- “What the Deer Know” – Performed Live/PCA Great Performances and
- “Selected Shorts”; nominated for Pushcart Prize, 1999.
- “Haole Girl Blue” – nominated for Pushcart Prize.
- "Just Watching for Jesus" - nominated for Pushcart
- Finalist (twice) – Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize.
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Last Updated: 02-18-08
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